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8.31.2011

1. Matt and I have signed a lease with the Session St. lofts in Marietta for one year. I am so excited to have a two bedroom for a bit more space, and to be able to walk to the downtown square will be fabulous. We can also walk to the dog park, so maybe that is a reason to get a dog?? In case you missed my post with photos of the inside, you can find that here. It is so nice to FINALLY know where we will be when we get married!! Hopefully after a year (or before) we will find a home to buy, probably in Marietta.

2. My sister is going to have one of these:
She is due February 9th, so if the baby comes three days early, we will be bday twins! She and her husband are not finding out the sex before the birth, something that I wish more people would do! (And what I will do if I have kids).

Hope everyone is having a great hump day! Do any of you have big news to share?

8.29.2011

I have been hearing a lot of buzz about Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, but never gave her a thought really. Then I heard her talking on the radio in an interview, and thought she seemed really cool. So I looked up her music and thought that was cool too! Enjoy! :-)

8.26.2011

DAD: In the event of aftershocks, stop, drop and roll. Place your head between your knees and never lose eye contactDAD: In the event of aftershocks, stop, drop and roll. Place your head between your knees and never lose eye contact with the bear. You’re welcome.

with the bear. You’re welcome.

MOM: All my jiggly parts felt the earthquake.

MOM: Is she feeling homesick at all?

ME: No lol

MOM: Her fam is probably not as cool as us…lol. Make sure u delete this.

8.16.2011

This past weekend we had a couple's shower for me and Matt, and then the linergie/bachelorette party on Saturday night. The couple's shower was hosted by my college friends, Sara Pyles (you can read her blog here), Laura Durchsprung, Katie McDaniel, and Sarah Jean Collins (you can read her blog here). It was so much fun, and a lot of people could make it, which was awesome. It was fun to catch up with everyone. Thanks to my sister and her husband for opening up their house for us, and thank you to the hosts!

On Saturday, my friends who were in town the whole weekend all went to the pool for a luau. My friend/roomate Kate Suess along with my sisters were the hosts, and they went ALL OUT for this shindig. Hats, glowsticks, confetti, you name it, Kate had it. We played a fun game and had the lingerie shower, then went to eat at Front Page News followed by The Ivy for dancing. People in our group even got into a dance-off with other Ivy attendants. It was so much fun! So good to be with my group again.

8.11.2011

Yesterday Matt and I went to look at the North Session Street lofts in Marietta. We looked at a two bedroom-two bathroom unit that is for rent. This unit is on the first level, but Matt prefers the upstairs units, because they have two levels. He also thought this was a bit small. Not sure how much space we will need. We would def. have to paint (or the landlords would) because one room was a lovely lime green, with a bright purple bathroom, while the other bedroom was Big Bird yellow, with a red and gold sponge paint int he bathroom. Not pretty. They don't have photos of the bedroom online. Let me know what you think!

8.10.2011

If you read this post, you know about the Stark family, who adopted six special needs children. The mom/wife, Cheryl, recently died from a stroke. The Bert Show, on the radio station Q100, started a campaign to raise money for this deserving family.

Over $230,000 was raised!! Amazing!

You can listen to the family's reaction here or see the video on CNN here:

Just when you have given up on humanity, something like this happens and it is restored! (at least temporarily). Thanks to everyone who donated!

8.09.2011

I have been searching for places to live. We will probably end up in Marietta, renting for a year or so, then hopefully buying an awesome short sale or foreclosed house in the same area. Because of this, I have been itching to "nest" and these next photos are proof of that (Thank you Pinterest!).

8.05.2011

MOM: True dat. I’m gonna email you the NYTimes article I’m reading now. NYT has now limited me to 5 views a month, but I can cheat from one of many blog links. Hey! Dis I tell you Beth got me on twitter during our visit. I freaked out when I got 2 followers, but Beth said that is okay. I’ve never posted anything. I just follow Steve Martin and some lady named Kelly that Beth likes.

MOM: I just gave some random dude 15 bucks to stop making eyecontact with me